Jean Valentine Life Poems
- 1. La Chalupa, The Boat
I am twenty,
drifting in la chalupa,
the blue boat painted with roses,
white liliesâ??
... - 2. Hospital: Strange Lights
I needed a friend but
I was in the other room â??
not just the other room,
another frame dragging blue
... - 3. Sanctuary
People pray to each other. The way I say 'you' to someone else,
respectfully, intimately, desperately. The way someone says
'you' to me, hopefully, expectantly, intensely ...
-Huub Oosterhuis
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Joan Sidney: Jean was a great poet, an incredibly caring human being, and a wonderful teacher. Her passing is a great loss to all of us. I met her in 2012 at the Artist’s Colony.